Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- New Earswick
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Gold Arm Ring
- Statue of the God Mars
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Guy Fawkes
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Council of Arles
- The Bar Convent
- Viking Silk Cap